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Job Design
Job Design
JOB DESIGN
JOB DESIGN
Job design is the process of deciding the
contents of a job.
HUMAN APPROACH
Experienced works
Skill variety High internal
Task identity meaningfulness work motivation
Task significance Experienced High-quality
responsibility work performance
Autonomy High satisfaction
for works outcomes
Knowledge of work with the work
Feedback Low absenteeism
activities results and turnover
Employee
growth, need,
strength J.R. Hackman and G.R. Oldham, The Relationship Among Core Job Dimensions, the
Critical Psychological States, and On-the-Job Outcomes, The Job Diagnostic Survey: An
Instrument for the Diagnosis of Jobs and the Evaluation of Job Redesign Projects, 1974.
Reprinted by permission of Greg R. Oldham.
Five Core Job Characteristics-Kaylee
Task complexity
Job design options
JOB SIMPLIFICATION
JOB ENLARGEMENT
JOB ROTATION
JOB ENRICHMENT
Individual Design Group Design
Options Options
WORK SIMPLIFICATION WORK TEAMS
JOB ENLARGEMENT
Adding more tasks to the
Job Design AUTONOMOUS WORK
job: Horizontal Loading
GROUPS
Techniques
Work teams are given a goal to
achieve and the control over
JOB ENRICHMENT its accomplishment.
Making jobs more
meaningful and
Challenging: Vertical
Loading
JOB SIMPLIFICATION
jobs are broken down into very small parts where a fragment called
task is repeatedly done over and over again by the same individual.
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
negligible.
JOB ENLARGEMENT
Advantage :
more variety in a job
acquiring additional proficiency.
Dissatisfaction of employees can not be avoided after a long period due to
boredom.
JOB ENRICHMENT
The concept of job enrichment was
In many cases, job enrichment does not give the expected results.
good.
JOB ENRICHMENT OPTIONS
No. of Task
JOB ROTATION
Skill variety:
Task Identity:
Being able to identify with the work at hand as more whole and
complete,.
Task Significance:
1.Variety of skills:
o improve and increase the skills of the employee due to
organization as well as the individual benefit.
2.Improves earning capacity:
o Due to job enlargement the person learns many new activities.
o such people apply for jobs to other companies and can bargain
for more salary.
3.Wide range of activities:
o Since a single employee handles multiple activities the
company can try and reduce the number of employees.
Disadvantages of Job Rotation
1. Frequent interruption:
o A person who is doing a particular job and get it comfortable
suddenly finds himself shifted to another job or department
this interrupts the work in both the departments